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March 31, 2014 Introduction to Tonglen Retreat
In today's FBA Dharmabyte "Introduction to Tonglen Retreat" Saddhanandi beautifully and skilfully presents her vision for the Tonglen retreat held in March 2014 at Taraloka. We've been posting all week from this Triratna Order Retreat and are pleased to share this 'offering to the world'.
14 min
March 29, 2014 Bhante – Poetry, Myth And Imagination
Our FBA Podcast this week, "Bhante – Poetry, Myth And Imagination," is a talk by Dhammadinna given on the Rainy Season Retreat at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Wednesday 19th February 2014. Dhammadinna speaks about Sangharakshita and his emphasis on Imagination as a key to the spiritual life.
53 min
March 27, 2014 Defining Imagination
For our FBA Dharmabyte today we chose an excerpt titled "Defining Imagination" by Subhuti from the Rambles Around the Imagination 1 - Defining Imagination. Following on from a recent set of conversations with Sangharakshita, Subhuti gives the first in a series of Rambles on the important subject of Imagination. What is imagination and why is it important not just in our spiritual lives but in terms of what it means to be human.
5 min
March 24, 2014 Illumined Imagination
In our FBA Dharmabyte today, "Illumined Imagination," Maitreyabandhu shares anecdotes from his experience to draw out spiritual principles coming through ordinary experience. The full talk is about Avalokitesvara and was given on the LBC's Winter Retreat at Sibford, Oxfordshire in December 2010.
20 min
March 22, 2014 Make It So – Imagining The Buddha
In our FBA Podcast this week, "Make It So – Imagining The Buddha," Suriyavamsa looks at the role of imagination in the way we shape our everyday world and how we can use this to bring the Buddha to life in our spiritual practice.
59 min
March 20, 2014 Blending Reason and Reverence
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, "Blending Reason and Reverence" is an excerpt from The Diamond Sutra - Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 1, by Padmavajra. Blending the intellectual and the devotional, here Padmavajra describes the setting of the sutra exploring simplicity and awareness. This is an excerpt from the first in a sparkling, wide-ranging, thoroughly comprehensive ten talk series by Padmavajra on 'The Diamond Sutra'. We are taken through the work stage by stage, and here we begin with the opening scenes
8 min
March 17, 2014 The Heart Sutra – Sunyata
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a short talk by Taranita entitled: "The Heart Sutra - Sunyata." Sunyata is central to the Heart Sutra, and here Taranita discusses this subtle Buddhist teaching - often translated as Empitness or Voidness. In doing so, amongst other things, he compares Christian transubstantiation with Buddhist insubstantiality.
18 min
March 15, 2014 Entering The Realm Of Perfect Wisdom
In our FBA Podcast this week, "Entering The Realm Of Perfect Wisdom," Santavajri shares her connection with the Heart Sutra at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre. Talk given on 5th May 2008. Part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.
48 min
March 13, 2014 Living by Cause and Effect
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, "Living by Cause and Effect" is an excerpt from the series Tangling Eyebrows with Zen Masters. Padmavajra here is looking at the nature of impermanence and how all living beings are without a fixed and permanent nature. From the talk Entering Through Your Practice given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004.
8 min
March 10, 2014 Engaged Ethics
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Engaged Ethics, Parami gives us a perspective on the nature of Mahayana ethics - marked by compassion and wisdom and maximizing connectedness. The energizing effect of engaged ethics is a tool for living life fully for the benefit of others. From the talk The Awakening Heart.
6 min

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